Torch



Dec. 11 1923.

SCOTT TORCH Filed Sept. 30 1922 Archie Scott ATTORNEY patented Dec. 11, 1923,

U NIT-ED STA TES ARCHIE SCOTT, OF ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA.

TORCH.

Application filed September 30, 1922.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ARCHIE Scor'r, acitizen of the United States, residing at St. Petersburg, in the county of Pinellas and State of Florida, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Torches,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to torches.

The object is to improve the construction of torches or lamps'such as are used by'railroad men by the provision of simple, dura lole and efiicient means included in the construction o-fthe lamp, for regulating the wickby the simple turning of a thumb screw located in convenient position.

Another object is to provide means for raising or lowering the wick in such a lamp, which may be easily installed therein during the process of manufacture, and which may be used to facilitate the feeding in of a new wick when necessary, and which will not interfere with the filling of the lamp with oil, the casing necessary to house the mechanism serving to strengthenthe connection between the oil receptacle and the spout therefor, while the hollow handle for the lamp encases the operating shaft for the wick raising means.

A full and complete understanding of the invention may be obtained from a consideration of the following detailed description,

taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing forming a part of this specification, it being understood that while the drawing shows a practical form of the invention, the latter is not to be confined to strict conformity with the showing thereof, but may be changed or modified, so long as such changes or modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention, as specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing, in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several figures Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved torch;

Figure 2' is a vertical, central sectional view of the same;

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view, taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

The torch comprises a receptacle 1 which may be of any desired size and proportion, and is preferably made from sheet metal formed into pyramidal or conical shape, being hollow throughout and preferably hav- Serial No. 591,601.

sheet metal and constitutes a filling opening,

through which the oil may be poured and is adapted to be closed by a screw or other cap 3.

A tublar spout 4 is soldered or brazed to one side of the receptacle 1 near the lower end thereof and communicates with the interior of the same, the said spout extending upwardly to a point somewhat above the upper end of the filling opening and at an angle to the plane of the bottom.-

A housing 5 is similarly connected to the upper side of the spout at and the adjacent side wall of the receptacle, said housing being substantially as wide as the diameter of the spout, and having flat, vertical, parallel side walls merging into the side wal s of the spout, while the upper wall of the housing is arcuately curved throughout a portion of its length, and concentric with centrally disposed bearings 6, formed in eachside wall of the same by'pressingoutwardly the metal of the same.

At a point opposite the said bearings 6, the upper wall of the spout, where confined between the side walls of the housing 5, is provided with a slot or opening 7 for a purpose to be explained.

A horizontally disposed tube 8 traverses the front and rear inclined walls of the receptacle in horizontal 'alinement with the aforesaid bearings 6, and said. tube is soldered, brazed or otherwise secured to the receptacle where passing through the same, the front end 9 of said tube extending nearly to the said bearings, while the rear end 10 is extended outwardly from the rear wall of the receptacle a distance slightly greater than the width of a hand, and said tube has a straight, unobstructed passage through the same.

A hollow tubular handle 11 is secured to the rear wall of the receptacle and extends outwardly nearly as far as the rear end of the tube 8, where the same is closed by an end wall 12 directed inwardly and secured to the terminal portion of said tube to strengthen and brace the same.

A rotable shaft 13 snugly fitting the tube 8 is located therein, and extends slightly beyond each end of the same, the outer end of said shaft at the free end of the handle 11 being provided with a turning thumb nut 14:, suitably secured thereto and adapted to turn the shaft, when desired, by the hand of the operator.

- turning shaft 13 and at right angles to the same. The latter spur wheel 16 is located at 'one side of the axis of the turning shaft,

and is preferably secured to the inner side of one of a pair of spaced star wheels 18 carried by the stub shaft, and located adj a- 7 cent to the inner faces of the side walls of the housing. The said star wheels are provided with pointed teeth 19 which project through the aforesaid slot or opening 7 and are adapted to impinge into a round wick 20, which is located in the spout 4t and extends from the mouth of the spout to the bottom of the receptacle where it is immersed in the oil within the receptacle.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a simple, cheaply manufactured torch or lamp for railroad use has been provided which may be easily operated to turn the wick inwardly or outwardly by simply turning the thumb nut 14, which will impart rotary movement to the shaft 13, which in turn actuates the wheel 15, thus turning the star wheels in the desired direction through the spur wheel 16, and that the parts are so associated as to prevent accidental movementto the adjusting members, and to give the maximum strength and rigidity to the parts by the bracing effect of the housing.

WVhat I claim is:

1. A torch comprising a receptacle, a

spout leading from the receptacle, :1 housing connecting the receptacle with the spout, said spout having an opening eonnnunieating with the interior of the housing, a wickraising means engaging the wick through said opening, gearing entirely enclosed within the housing for operating the wickraising means, a tube extending through the receptacle, one end of the tube projecting into the housing and the other end projecting outwardly from the opposite side of the receptacle, a handle secured to the receptacle and enclosing the projecting end of the tube, and a shaft connected with the gearing and extending through the tube and having an operating means at its outer end beyond the handle.

2. A torch comprising a receptacle having a filling opening, a closure for the same, a tubular spout communicating with the receptacle, a housing joining the spent to the adjacent side of the receptacle, said spout having an opening connnunicating with the housing, a tube traversing the receptacle in line with the spout. one end of the tube extending into the housing, the other end extending horizontally outward from the opposite side of the receptacle, bearings formed in the sides of the housing. a stub shaft mounted in said bearings transversely of the tube, star wheels mounted on the stub shaft and extending through the opening in the spout. to engage a wick, a spur gear carried by the stub shaft between the star wheels, a shaft mounted in the tube and having at its inner end a spur gear meshing with the first named spur gear, said shaft. having a thumb nut at its outer end, beyond the tube to effect a raising or lowering of said wick, and a tubular handle surrounding the exposed portion of the tube and connected to the receptacle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, l have hereto aflixcd my sig nature.

ARCHIE SCO F. 

